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McCarthyism from U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy who acted out morbid fear of aliens, especially Communists. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 409] See : Xenophobia How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thus, many writers lament the decline of African American left and labour-oriented internationalism in the face of McCarthyist intimidation during the late 1940s and 1950s. No doubt Horowitz and his supporters would like to purge the nation's faculties in the good old McCarthyist manner. Hunter, and I found it both interesting and enlightening to read about the choices he felt it necessary to make in order to maintain his career as an actor in pre-Stonewall, McCarthyist America. |
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